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- noun nautical The
maintenance of aship 'sposition relative to others in afleet orconvoy - noun by extension The maintenance of a
satellite ingeosynchronous orbit over a desired spot
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Ion thrusters are used in comsats only for stationkeeping, I believe.
Astronauts Once Again Demonstrate Why Humans Must be a Part of Space Exploration - NASA Watch
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The performance of the system is ideally suited for orbit raising, stationkeeping and orbit repositioning.
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Ion thrusters are used in comsats only for stationkeeping, I believe.
Astronauts Once Again Demonstrate Why Humans Must be a Part of Space Exploration - NASA Watch
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GOES-12 remains in power positive stationkeeping mode (thruster attitude control) with all subsytems safe.
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Organic material gets sucked into cooling vents and stationkeeping thrusters when you land.
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In particular, the extremely poisonous UDMH used in the Proton and Titan rockets, and in most satellite stationkeeping systems, works out to about $50 per kilo, mostly because it is unsafe to handle.
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After briefly stationkeeping about 375 feet directly beneath the Pirs module, Russian flight controllers gave approval to commence the 8-minute final approach.
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After briefly stationkeeping about 375 feet directly beneath the Pirs module, Russian flight controllers gave approval to commence the 8-minute final approach.
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Some patrols, some monitoring, some stationkeeping. "
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The Enterprise was stationkeeping in the Oort cloud of Bajor’s system, tens of millions of kilometers away, so no record of her presence here could be made.
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